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SMS Delivery Delays to Telekom in South Africa

Degraded Lasted 8h 29m · started · Twilio's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Degraded
Components
SMS, Middle East & Africa
Regions
me

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Updates from Twilio 5

  1. investigating

    We are experiencing SMS Delivery Delays to Telekom in South Africa. Our engineers are working with our carrier partner to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.

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  2. investigating

    We continue to experience SMS Delivery Delays to Telekom in South Africa. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.

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  3. investigating

    We are still experiencing SMS delivery delays to Telekom in South Africa. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will provide another update in 4 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.

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  4. monitoring

    We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery from Twilio to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa and are monitoring service stability. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.

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  5. resolved

    We are no longer experiencing SMS delivery delays when sending messages to Telekom in South Africa. This incident has been resolved.

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Questions about DWN-1e2b71c4b6

Is Twilio still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-03-11 23:05 UTC. For Twilio's live state, see https://down.guide/twilio.

How long did it last?

8h 29m, from 2026-03-11 14:36 UTC to 2026-03-11 23:05 UTC, by the times Twilio posted.

What was affected?

Twilio named SMS, Middle East & Africa in me.

What caused it?

Twilio hasn't published a root cause. If it does, it shows here.

Where does this come from?

Twilio's official status page, https://status.twilio.com, quoted verbatim. down.guide's own probes, reports and social counts are labeled as ours.